According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to ...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age ...

The close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered.

The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs ...

The domestication of dogs began around 15,000 years ago, when wolves first started to be domesticated by humans. It is believed that early humans tamed wolves and eventually bred them to create the ...

Dog breeds selected to work in visual contact with humans, such as sheep dogs and gun dogs, are better able to comprehend a pointing gesture than those breeds that usually work without direct ...